TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haltom,William
AU  - McCann,Michael W.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Distorting the law: politics, media, and the litigation crisis 
T2  - The Chicago series in law and society
AV  - KF380 .H35 2004eb
U1  - 346.7303 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Actions and defenses
KW  - Press coverage
KW  - United States
KW  - Torts
KW  - Law in mass media
KW  - Law
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Sociological jurisprudence
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-327) and index; The social production of legal knowledge -- Pop torts : tales of legal degeneration and moral regeneration -- In retort : narratives versus numbers -- ATLA shrugged : plaintiffs' lawyers play defense -- Full tort press : media coverage of civil litigation -- Java jive : genealogy of a juridical icon -- Smoke signals from the tobacco wars -- Law through the looking glass of mass politics; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10349959
ER  -